Update, also cross-posted to What happened at the Zcon0 mining workshop (and more...) - #12 by bitcartel
Sep 28, 2018:
In an developer meeting Friday, Martin Holst Swende, security lead at the Ethereum Foundation, said he supports swift action to remove ASIC mining hardware from the ethereum platform. Joining the non-profit in 2016, Swende now works to ensure code changes do not disrupt or harm operations on the world’s second-largest blockchain.
Sep 19, 2018 (see thread)
Ethereum core developer: